The Fujian Province Development and Reform Commission has approved a 300MW offshore wind farm developed by China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) north-east of Pingtan Island in the Fujian Province. In December 2014, the project was listed in the National Offshore Wind Power Project Developme
The Council of Ministers in Portugal has approved the development of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) floating wind farm project in Viana do Castelo. With the approval from the government, the project can enter the offshore construction phase and will receive a license to connect to the national gr
The Council of Ministers in Portugal has approved the development of the 25MW WindFloat Atlantic (WFA) floating wind farm project in Viana do Castelo. With the approval from the government, the project can enter the offshore construction phase and will receive a license to connect to the national gr
The Carbon Trust has invited responses to a survey on underwater inspection methods to support identified emerging technologies in both oil and gas and renewables as part of its Offshore Wind Accelerator Programme. The Carbon Trust has identified that offshore wind is increasingly reliant on a numbe
The European Technology and Innovation Platform for Ocean Energy (TP Ocean) has defined the research priorities for Europe’s ocean energy industry in the latest report released today.
Following the release of the Autumn Statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond, the Welsh Liberal Democrats have deemed the lack of action on Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon as a ‘kick in the gut’.
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC) has kicked of a search for underdeveloped waterfront sites within the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that could be acquired and potentially improved through private investment to become suitable facilities to support near-term and long-term offshore win
Swedish tidal energy developer, Minesto, has joined a Swedish Green Tech trade mission on a visit to Argentina to explore market opportunities for Deep Green application in South America.
Ségolène Royal, France’s Minister of Environment, Energy and the Sea, has announced the launch of a new call for tenders for offshore wind projects off the island of Oléron in the Atlantic as part of the country’s Round 3 offshore wind tender. The new zone, added to the one off Dunkirk announced bac
The report prepared by Alaska Center for Energy and Power (ACEP) found that the Yakutat area in Alaska possesses wave resource which is more than enough to satisfy its relatively modest electrical demand.
Deepwater Wind, the developer of the first and only offshore wind farm in US waters, has announced plans to construct a 120MW offshore wind farm, the Skipjack wind farm, some 17 nautical miles northeast of Ocean City, Maryland. Deepwater Wind has secured the rights to acquire the site’s federal leas
Joan Bondareff has been elected the new chair of the Virginia Offshore Wind Development Authority (VOWDA). Bondareff, who previously served as the authority’s Vice-Chair, will replace Robert Matthias as VOWDA’s Chair. Deborah Miller, who has so far served as a member of Virginia’s Offshore Wind Advi
The US President-Elect Donald Trump has reportedly advised UK politician Nigel Farage and his team, with whom Trump met on 13 November, to campaign against onshore wind farms in Scotland, suggesting that they should be moved offshore. “He thinks Scotland is the most beautiful country in the world,”
The Board of Directors of the New Development Bank (NDB) has approved a CNY 2 billion (EUR 273.3 million) loan for the Putian Pinghai Bay offshore wind power project in China. Under the framework of Putian Pinghai Bay project agreement, the NDB will provide the Chinese government with the sovereign
